Senate passes prescription drug monitoring bill
As cities and counties throughout Missouri join onto a future prescription drug monitoring program, legislation to enact a statewide database to...
Read more
Republicans, democrats split over surprise billing fix in Oregon House
The House narrowly passed a bill 36 to 22 on Wednesday to protect patients from getting huge, surprise medical bills when...
Read more
Editorial: Mississippi anti-fraud bill would quash benefits
The Mississippi state legislature recently passed the formerly titled “HOPE Act” — now the Medicaid and Human Services Transparency and Fraud...
Read more
Comp premium cons, crash reports highlight state action
Workers’ compensation premium fraud, restricting crash reports and extending the time in which to investigate fraud rings are the focus of...
Read more
California considers fraud unit in comp division
California lawmakers are slated to hear the details on a proposed law that would create an anti-fraud division within the state’s...
Read more
Bill seeks Medicaid fraud unit in North Dakota
The Senate has agreed to establish a “Medicaid fraud” unit in the Attorney Generals’ office – on a contingency basis. North...
Read more
Bill would move West Virginia’s Medicaid unit to state AG
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey sent a letter to House Speaker Tim Armstead and Judiciary Chairman John Shott urging both...
Read more
Changes coming to pain pill handling in Ohio
With drug abuse on the rise in Ohio, Governor John Kasich put new rule changes into play that would limit the...
Read more
Legislators Introduce STOP Act to Confront Opioid Epidemic
Reps. Murphy, Davis, Horn and Malone and Sens. Davis, McInnis and Rabon, joined by Attorney General Josh Stein, today unveiled legislation...
Read more
Pennsylvania bill would require electronic scripts
A Pennsylvania bill would require electronic prescriptions for opioids in order to cut down on prescription fraud and prevent drug misuse....
Read more